Heavy rainfall over the weekend caused flooding at the Maldives’ main airport and sewer overflows in the capital Malé.
Some 45 islands have reported a water shortage amidst record breaking warm weather. The meteorology department said the Maldives is experiencing its hottest dry season in...
The recently opened 'Rasfannu' artificial beach in Malé's west coast has been closed to swimmers after an underwater sewage pipe in the area burst open.
The fisheries ministry is cancelling auctions of four protected islands in the Baa Atoll UNESCO biosphere reserve following a social media outcry.
More than 20 islands across the Maldives are already facing water shortages, according to the National Disaster Management Centre.
The government has obtained a €45 million loan from the European Investment Bank to finance renewable energy projects and upgrade electricity networks in the atolls.
The Dhi Youth Movement has warned that sewage outflow and medical waste from the nearby Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital disposed near the new west coast artificial...
The new net metering regulation will allow residential and commercial customers who generate their own electricity from solar power to feed electricity they do not use...
Ali Shaheem, vice president of the Komandoo island council, told The Maldives Independent that the swells have been continuing since 2:00am. One house was inundated by...
Users from the capital and its suburbs Hulhumalé and Vilimalé can download the 'MakeMyIsland' app for free, take a picture, and report littering and unattended waste...
Excavation work carried out by LUX South Ari Atoll to clear a snorkelling channel on the island's barrier reef has destroyed live corals, altered the current...
Some MVR3million (US$194,550) is required to help more than 300 households in southern Addu City recover from flood damage, but only MVR200,00 (US$12,970) has been raised...
Southern Addu City has suffered the worst storm damage in 40 years after 12 continuous hours of torrential rain left streets inundated and flooded some 200...
The UN's climate fund has approved US$23.6 million for a project to ensure the delivery of safe freshwater to 105,000 people in the outer islands of...
The government, noting the need for reducing oil dependency, has signed its second renewable energy project in a month, but has also asked a visiting American...
The agreement was signed under the Accelerating Sustainable Private Investments in Renewable Energy (ASPIRE) project developed in collaboration with the World Bank, the environment ministry said.
The government is aiming to solve annual water shortages during the dry season in islands across the Maldives within two years, State Minister for Environment Abdul...
